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Political party founded in Munich, precursor to the Nazi Party.
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Former Chancellor and Foreign Minister who helped the Weimar Republic recover, dies of a stroke.
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in new york wall street crashes leaving millions with nothing having a knock on affect in germany
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Nazis win 107 seats, becoming the second-largest party; propaganda and promises of strong leadership appeal to voters.
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Hitler loses to Hindenburg but gains 13 million votes, showing his popularity.
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German capital control law used by Nazis to seize assets from Jews and others leaving Germany, effectively confiscating wealth as legalized theft, especially after 1938. It was initially meant to stop capital flight but became a tool of persecution, targeting Jewish emigrants to plunder their fortunes as they fled the Nazi regime, turning a financial regulation into a discriminatory instrument of racial policy
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The Nazis win 230 seats in the Reichstag election making them the largest party. 37% of voters support Hitler and the Nazis.
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Nazi seats drop slightly to 196; political instability continues.
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They believed only pure aryan children were worthy and made sure both parents were aryan
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hitler is elected offically into office
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The reichstag fire is started a young communist is found at the scene and is arrested
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the reichstag fire decree
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nazis win 288 seats (43.9%) however not majority (50%+)
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hitlers enabling act was voted in with a 2/3 majority he could know pass laws without reichstag/presidential approval
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Mass anti-Nazi rally held in Madison Square Garden, New York.
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a nationwide boycott of jewish businesses takes place
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hitler removed jews and opponts from all govenmal jobs eg teachers
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the gestapo secret state police is established
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hitler removed all trade unions and removed them with the german labour front further solidifying his power
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Compulsory sterilisation of people with mental and physical disabilities
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germany offically became a one party state (only nazis)
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The Nazis and Catholic Church sign an agreement to leave each other alone.
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In October 1933, some nine months after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the German government announced its withdrawal from the League of Nations. The ostensible reason was the refusal of the Western powers to acquiesce in Germany's demands for military parity.
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The German government passes a “Law against Dangerous Habitual Criminals.” The new law allows courts to order the indefinite imprisonment of “habitual criminals” if they deem the person dangerous to society. It also provides for the castration of sex offenders.
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The German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact, signed on January 26, 1934, was a 10-year agreement between Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic promising to resolve disputes through bilateral negotiation rather than force. Initiated by Hitler to prevent a Polish-French alliance and secure his eastern border, the pact briefly normalized relations until Hitler unilaterally revoked it on April 28, 1939, leading to the invasion of Poland.
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hitler sets up a trap to remove the sa killing over 1000 members. after this the army swore an oath of loyalty to hitler
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president hindenburg dies
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hitler is voted in as furher marking the end of democracy
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enabling forced sterilization of people deemed to have alleged genetic disorders like epilepsy, schizophrenia, or "feeblemindedness," often based on flawed racial hygiene ideas, a dark example of state-sanctioned eugenics inspired partly by US laws but escalated to horrific levels under Hitler's regime.
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britian and germany signed. it allowed germany to increase the number of warships. and allowed them to build U-boats
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this increased the spilt with the british and french. it meant that the international opposition to hitlers plans were divided
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At the end of 15 years, a plebiscite was to be held to determine the final status of the Saar. This vote took place on January 13, 1935. More than 90 percent of the voters favored the immediate reintegration of the Saar into Germany, which duly took effect on March 1, 1935.
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On March 7, 1936, Nazi Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by marching 22,000 troops into the demilitarized Rhineland zone. This bold move aimed to overturn post-WWI restrictions, bolster German security, and test Allied resolve. France and Britain, distracted by domestic issues and unwilling to risk war, took no action, allowing the remilitarization to succeed.
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The Anti-Comintern Pact was a 1936 treaty between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, later joined by Italy in 1937, aimed at opposing the Communist International (Comintern) and specifically targeting the Soviet Union. It was a key alliance paving the way for the Axis Powers, focusing on intelligence sharing and combating Soviet influence.
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The Anschluss, also known as the Anschluß Österreichs, was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938. The idea of an Anschluss arose after the 1871 unification of Germany excluded Austria and the German Austrians from the Prussian-dominated German Empire.
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Laws like the 1933 statute capped Jewish students in public schools, forcing them into separate, often underfunded, Jewish institutions or exclusion, a precursor to the Holocaust.
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Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1939) was a key precursor to WWII, beginning with the Munich Pact ceding the Sudetenland. In March 1939, Germany violated this agreement, occupying the rest of the country, establishing the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and triggering the end of British appeasement
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The countries agreed that they would not attack each other and secretly divided the countries that lay between them. Germany claimed Western Poland and part of Lithuania.
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Britain declared war on Germany at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, 3 September 1939, following Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced the declaration on BBC radio after Germany failed to meet a ultimatum to withdraw troops. This fulfilled Britain's pledge to defend Polish sovereignty.
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Denmark fell in one day, while Norway was secured by June 10.
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Germany rapidly conquered Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France using armored breakthroughs in the Ardennes.
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Rapid occupation of the Balkans.
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Operation Barbarossa caught the Soviets by surprise, resulting in massive territorial gains, capturing Kiev, and reaching the outskirts of Leningrad and Moscow by winter.
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German forces pushed into the Caucasus and reached the Volga River at Stalingrad by November.
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Often cited as the last major German strategic victory on the Eastern Front, this counter-offensive stabilized the front after the disaster at Stalingrad.
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The surrender of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad on February 2, 1943, marked a major defeat. The failed offensive at Kursk in July 1943, the largest tank battle in history, marked the end of Germany's ability to maintain a successful massive offensive on the Eastern Front, allowing the Soviet Union to take the initiative
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